Ramblings: Samsonov Arbitration; Howden and Vilardi Sign; League-Wide Power Play Changes and Impact On Forward Production – July 20
The march toward arbitration continues and there are players that may end up there, though most of these cases are often resolved beforehand. One interesting case is that of Toronto goalie lya Samsonov. Even with [...]
Fantasy Hockey Poll: Playoff Scoring Barometers
After running polls as part of this column for quite a while, I’ve been able to learn which have worked and which haven’t. For those that do, I’ve turned them into annual polls, and this [...]
Ramblings: Secondary Power Play Defencemen, Including Clarke, Sanderson, Pionk, Barron, and More – July 19
Hey, everyone. Alex is off for today and I have his Ramblings covered. He'll be back before long but readers have to deal with me again today. * My Ramblings yesterday discussed power-play production in [...]
Eastern Edge: ‘Core Four’ From Each Eastern Team – Part 2
In this week’s Eastern Edge, we’ll continue our review of the ‘Core Four’ for every team in the East. Check out part one over here. As we work through the Eastern, Grant Campbell is working [...]
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Lining Up: Schmaltz and Arizona’s Schedule; Resurgence for Benn and Seguin; New Role for Nichushkin
Welcome back to the latest iteration of Lining Up. With the upcoming All-Star weekend, the next few weeks are going to be thrown into a state of flux with some teams making up games while [...]
Ramblings: First-Half Performances from Kadri, Dahlin, and Saros; Kucherov and MacKinnon Updates – February 1
We are approaching the NHL All-Star break, and that means a bit of time to get away from fantasy until they return next week. And once they return following the break, it’s a full-on sprint [...]
Wild West: Seattle Kraken – Expansion Draft – Part One
At the midseason mark of the Seattle Kraken’s first NHL season, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to see what players they chose from each club and what players they passed on. I’m [...]
Top 10 Potential Second-Half Players
Now that most teams are at the halfway point of the season, this is a great time to try to figure out which players might have big second halves. There are a few different ways [...]
Ramblings – A Couple of Sleepers, Boldy’s Outlook, Concern Over Mittelstadt and more (Jan 31)
The Midseason Fantasy Hockey Guide was released on Friday (January 14). You can buy it here and download it right away. This will still be helpful until the All-Star break this coming weekend. * I [...]
Geek of the Week: More All-Star Break Preparation
Well, it didn’t take Evander Kane long to make an impact with the Oilers (and hopefully your fantasy team)! As mentioned in my article last week, we are quickly approaching the NHL All-Star Game weekend [...]